The article is focused on the visual gender representation in the anti-globalisation movement by the alternative media. British and Czech alternative magazines are compared. The anti-globalisation struggle is represented as gendered and traditional gender roles are reproduced in...

The volume provides sociological interpretation of policie and institutions in the period of Czech transformation and accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union, as well as involved value bacgrounds.

Based on expert interviews conducted in autumn 2004 we discuss in this publication processes which are currently shaping science and research – the emphasis on economic aspects of knowledge production and commercialization of research results; efforts to preserve the tradit...

New technologies represent opportunities (to ensure safety) and threats (to privacy and freedom), and also emphasize key tensions - between security and freedom/privacy and between security and its various costs (economic, health, public support, etc.). The dilemma of our times,...

Based on a discourse analysis of Czech media coverage of EU Constitutional ratification and rejection between October 2004 and October 2005, this article identifies and analyses the following aspects of the Czech debate: (1) A shift from substantive towards procedural issues with...

The Public Opinion Research Centre (CVVM) conducts regular omnibus surveys focusing on observing the developments and changes in public opinion. These public opinion surveys regularly include questions on political, economic, and other social topics. The department also addresses...